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About VITSAF

Ogo Maduewesi is a Dynamic and Practical lady, an advocate for Positive changes in the society. She is passionate about influencing Positively life of persons distressed by Vitiligo. She is also founder of VITSAF, the very first organization concerned about the needs of persons living with Vitiligo in Nigeria and West Africa. She is neither a psychologist nor paramedical personnel, rather she holds Certificate in Entrepreneurial Management (CEM), Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Financial Management, HND in Business Administration and Management. An entrepreneur turned Social entrepreneur. Fortunately, the skin condition Vitiligo turned her direction in life and she is ever grateful to God for such an opportunity to impact lives positively. Her yearnings for in-depth knowledge of Vitiligo and how best to live with it led her to promoting ‘be Positive, be Healthy’ naturally. She has been self taught in this field, seeking only those procedures that, in her opinion, produced results. Over time, she came to an understanding of that which helped her formulate a plan to address Vitiligo through natural means and help improve of quality of lives.

Psychological Study on ‘Experience of living with vitiligo in Nigeria’

Psychological Study on ‘Experience of living with vitiligo in Nigeria’ Trainee Clinical Psychologist/Lead researcher: Nick Taylor of Sheffield University UK is conducting a study on ‘Experience of living with vitiligo in Nigeria: A collaborative qualitative study’. Supervisor: Dr Andrew Thompson … Continue reading

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VITSAF vitiligo Special Support meeting, 22nd Mar. 2012 Report

Vitiligo Special Support group meeting, Lagos 22nd March 2012 Theme – Vitiligo Awareness – Steps to Vitiligo Research and Cure We started planning for 1st West African Vitiligo Conference, theme ‘Naturalistic Approach to Managing Vitiligo’ scheduled to hold March 22 … Continue reading

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African Vitiligo Conference Oct 18-20, 2012 Announcement

  African Vitiligo Conference Announcement The March proposed conference was postponed to October, we had a special Support group meeting in March in place of the conference find the report http://www.vitsaf.org/vitsaf-vitiligo-special-support-meeting-22nd-mar-2012-report. We are sorry for coming late with it, we … Continue reading

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Change in Date of the upcoming Conference

Change in Date of the upcoming Conference We regret to announce the slight change in date of our proposed Conference scheduled to hold from 22 – 24 March now holding from 21 – 23rd March, this is due to circumstances … Continue reading

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Self- Love and Self-Acceptance – a myth? (II)

The supposed myth People say lay down yourself and love others more….. What can be wrong in preparing yourself to give and receive that which we most desire and which is the greatest, LOVE? Is it possible to offer someone … Continue reading

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Self- Love and Self-Acceptance – a myth? (1)

Self- Love and Self-Acceptance  – a myth? When we talk about self-love, it usually sounds vain especially in our society where we have misunderstood so much due to religion and cultural beliefs. Putting in a simpler way, straightway self-love is … Continue reading

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VITSAF Conference 2012

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Loving yourself

It’s kinda hard to love yourself if you hate your body (or even some part of it). And most women and most of us with Vitiligo hate some part of their body at some point. And every woman can always … Continue reading

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1st Int’l Conference on Vitiligo in West Africa

  1st Int’l Conference on Vitiligo in West Africa Theme – Naturalistic Approach to Vitiligo and Skin imperfections® (NAVSI)Patient Centered Conference 22-24 March 2012 in Lagos, Nigeria Dear Friends and all Concerned, It is our very great pleasure to invite you … Continue reading

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VRF BioBank opening

MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2, 2012 World’s First Dedicated Vitiligo BioBank VR Foundation is proud to present world’s first dedicated Vitiligo BioBank – a repository of genetic material from patients and related unaffected individuals, together with associated health … Continue reading

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